Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.
Aim: To examine factors influencing students’ choice for medical laboratory sciences as a Profession: A case at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional qualitative study designed to examine factors influencing students’...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29224
Background: The use of standardized nursing language for nursing care documentation is a vital instrument to the nursing profession, patients care and nurses in general. Clinical information system requires standardized terms and definitions to help clinicians with documentation...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29433
Kaniz Fatema, Shamsun Nahar, Safirun Pervin, Ani Chakma, Mohammad Jakir Hossain, Sabrin Bashar & Tanzina Akter·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Urinary Tract Infections are one of the most common infections in medical practice. UTI is the common causes of complications, mortality, morbidity and economic loss especially in the developing countries like Bangladesh. Prediction of the agents causing UTI and knowledge of thei...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30197
Aims: To assess knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and determine the level of partner notification among HIV positive antenatal care attendees in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria. Study Design: A health facility based cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29949
Study was carried out to determine the antibacterial activities of Streptomyces from two plantation soils in Akure metropolis against some pathogenic bacteria. Purification of the Streptomyces filtrates was done by column chromatography using chloroform and methanol in the ratio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30407
Aims: The aim of this study was to find a harmless, cost effective and easy available iron chelating agent for blood transfusion dependent thalassemia patients who developed iron overload due to repeated blood transfusions and subsequent failure of vital organs and need a concomi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29569
Aims: The risk factors for lung cancer are multiple. Smoking, Exposure to secondhand smoke, Exposure to radon gas, Exposure to asbestos and other carcinogens, Family history of lung cancer. However, what characterizes these factors is uncertainty and vagueness. Several analytical...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30920
In a state of affairs where the provision of care to the child birth process is not purely in the hands of educated and trained midwives, the competency in knowledge and application of midwifery tools may be inadequate and consequently affect the quality of care. One of these too...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29488
J. N. Egwurugwu, A. Nwafor, B. C. Chinko, K. C. Ugoeze, R. C. Uchefuna, M. C. Ohamaeme & M. C. Ebuenyi·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2016
This study assessed the effects of extracts of Anchomanes difformis on female sex hormones in albino wistar rats. Forty female albino wistar rats weighing between 150-200 g divided into five groups of eight rats each were used for the work that lasted for four weeks. Group 1, the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/30286
Sulieman M. El Sanousi, Zakia A. Osman, Abdul Asalam B. S. Mohamed, Mansoor Shueai Al Awfi, Yaser H. Babair & Maher H. Babair·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2016
Background: Cytomegalovirus infection is endemic worldwide. Most frequently used methods for antibodies detection in developing world are enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The polymerase chain reaction induces production of large amounts of specific deoxyribonucleic acid fragmen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29717